Sweden’s Saab announced the selection of its Gripen E/F fighters by the Royal Thai Air Force, which already operates the older Gripen C/D variants, beating out the U.S. Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 aircraft.
Thailand selects Gripen again
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Tag: Gripen E
No Signal: Combat Aviation in the Time of GPS Denial
How to fly a combat mission when your GPS signal is jammed or spoofed
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With GPS-denied environments becoming increasingly common, Sweden’s Saab has put together methods and technologies for combat aircraft to conduct missions in the absence of GPS.
Daily Podcast | 08 July 2020
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Indian Army orders all personnel to delete their Facebook accounts, Boeing completes delivery of the last five of 22 Apache attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force, Saab begins production of the Gripen in Brazil and the Indian Navy completes Operation Samudra Setu
Q&A: Saab’s pitch for an Indian Aircraft Co.
The proposed INAC will assemble & deliver the Gripen in India
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Saab’s Mats Palmberg gives the details about their INAC/Indian Aircraft Company proposal that is part of their offer of the Gripen to India.
7 ways to bullet-proof MMRCA 2.0
Lessons learned from the earlier MMRCA can prevent a repeat of that result
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We examine lessons learned from the MMRCA contest and look at seven ways to derisk the process to prevent a repeat of the result in the earlier MMRCA competition.
Podcast: Breaking down MMRCA 2.0
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Angad Singh and Pushan Das help StratPost editor Saurabh Joshi understand how the new IAF fighter contest will be different from the last one and why it will take two general elections before an order is placed.
Airbus to offer Eurofighter for MMRCA 2.0
Updated: Dassault to offer Rafale too, completing the MMRCA 6
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Updated: MMRCA 2.0 will be a repeat of the MMRCA contest with the same six aircraft: F/A-18 Super Hornet Block III, MiG-35, F-16 Block 70, Gripen E, Eurofighter and Rafale.
Lockheed Martin hires India hand Vivek Lall
Raises game in Indian fighter contest
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In a move certain to dial up the tempo in their bid to build F-16 fighters for the Indian Air Force, Lockheed Martin has appointed Dr. Vivek Lall to the position of Vice President, Strategy and Business Development.
Failure to Launch
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Angad Singh explains why the Indian Navy faces difficulties as it begins its search for new carrier fighters.
Why Saab delayed the first flight of the Gripen E
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Saab has delayed the highly-anticipated first flight of the Gripen E fighter for something its customers haven’t even requested. Software that meets civilian standards.
Choosing India’s Make in India fighter
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StratPost examines the factors that could influence the choice of a Make in India fighter aircraft in the absence of a tender competition.
Saab lays out Gripen Make in India plan
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Saab proposes to train Indian engineers in Sweden to build Indian Gripen aircraft while simultaneously building a greenfield facility for Make in India.
Race on to sell fighters to India
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Boeing, Saab and Lockheed Martin are offering to build fighters in India and each is bringing something different to the table.
Video: Saab Gripen update at the Singapore Airshow 2016
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Fighters for the IAF: Creating paths to a dead-end
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Our pseudonymous analyst Mark is back with his take on the story so far of the IAF’s quest for fighter aircraft. He last contributed a much talked-about two-part analysis of the MMRCA tender in April 2012.
